Users only need one button to operate the Ellipsis Jetpack. The Verizon Ellipsis Jetpack is a little slow to boot up, but in a minute or two it is online and connected to Verizon 4G LTE if it is available.
Amazon Echo Review: Talking Helper Alexa Is No Match for Siri. The Virtual Assistant Plays DJ for Your Music, But Gets Lost on Other Basic Requests. Meet Alexa, Amazon's voice-activated virtual assistant who lives in the $200 Echo smart speaker. Personal Tech columnist Geoffrey A. Fowler puts her in the interview chair to find out what she can do.
This is the Amazon Echo, which costs $99 for Amazon Prime members ($199 regular price). It's a Bluetooth speaker you can control with your voice, but it's also got the potential to become your smart home's master controller.Image: Christina Ascani/Mashable.he black tube. The Echo's tech bits are housed in a 9.25-inch tall plastic tube. Perforated speaker holes adorn the lower half of its cylindrical body. There are only two buttons on the Echo, and they're both for turning things off, not on: a microphone-off button and an action button.